Drug addiction can be a real cause of terror.They are often given to people to keep them sedated from societal pain, not being adequately addressed in masses of people. Or, people find drugs themselves and abuse them to escape emotional pain. I know reality is overrated when some benefit and many don’t in the world’s [...]
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No. 27 – A LOOK AT THE UK’S DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS
Posted: September 11, 2011 in Addiction, Amy Winehouse, drugs, Nicky Gumbel, UK0
EWAN McGREGOR FOR SOMALIA
Posted: September 11, 2011 in Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Romania, Rugby, Scotland, Somalia, South Africa, UKAbout a week ago, I read a story generated by Oxfam’s press team. Immediately I thought “hey, this is REAL NEWS.” The story said that if the world doesn’t respond to Somalia and the people off the horn of famine stricken Africa – then 370,000 people will die of famine causes, within a month. The [...]
CHINA, USA, WORLD BANK SUPER POWERS AND IWI IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC 2040
Posted: September 10, 2011 in Asia-Pacific, China, Iwi Biz Partners, New Zealand, South Pacific, Superpowers discourse and direction, Think Green, Tonga2040 News: Whether the money being pumped into and accepted by South Pacific nations be via The World Bank, China or nations using ‘Chinese currency’ as loans or gifts, one thing remains… if there is oil, energy technology, quality food produce, fresh water and minerals in the South Pacific – banks of every persuasion will [...]
Biz News View: US stocks dive on eurozone turmoil The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 300 points as global markets were stung by anxiety over Greece’s bailout…
CROWDED HOUSE – FALL AT YOUR FEET – SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE PERFORMACE
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Crowded HouseHere’s Crowded House with Fall at Your Feet. Let’s go South-Pacific! :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
RICK PERRY GETS GOOD BUZZ IN THE USA – 8.9.11
Posted: September 8, 2011 in America, Politics, Rick PerryVia, The HuffPo: “Perry Goes Bold At First Debate: Social Security A ‘Ponzi Scheme’.. Bizarre Climate Change Response.. Defiant On Death Penalty.. Baffling Health Care Answer.. Attacks Romney, Ron Paul. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
STEVEN SODERBERG’S NEW FILM CONTAGION OF BIOLOGICAL VIRUS EPIDEMICS IS SET TO TOP THE BOX OFFICE
Posted: September 8, 2011 in California, Gwenneth Paltrow, Movie News, Oscars, Scott Z. Burns, Steven SoderberghAccording to the Los Angeles Times, John Horn reports: “In a movie filled with epidemiological lingo like R naughts (the rate an infectious disease spreads), three-dimensional and mathematical models of a killer virus (the film’s fictional bug is called MEV-1) and dialogue about encephalitis, genetic mutation and fomite transmission (where pathogens move by contact with inanimate [...]
Music lyrics: “Julius Caesar and The Roman Empire, couldn’t conquer the blue skies… above 67 Mt Pleasant Street” Here’s an oldie, but a goodie by The Finn Brothers. Press play for a music interlude. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
EMERSON SHARES HIS TAKE ON TUHOE AND THE CROWN
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Energy, Justice, Rugby World Cup, TuhoeAn artist sketches it. An Australian owned newspaper publishes it. The paper is distributed in New Zealand. Here’s Emerson’s take on Tuhoe’s current debacle with The Crown. As it is Rugby World Cup time, I’m sure Tuhoe can find it in their very authentic Kiwi hearts to even have a chuckle at this. [As I blog [...]
sting FEATURING gurrumul
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Geoffrey Gurrumul, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Live Music Artists, StingCool collaborations in music and entertainment, look and sound like this. Here’s Geoffrey Gurrumul with Sting. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
He is the most famous Maori with a moko. Tame Iti resembles a living C.F Goldie painting in 2011. Today he says: “For well over 100 years, Tuhoe has been attacked by The State.” Of the two official spoken languages of New Zealand, Tame Iti speaks Maori as his first language. Many New Zealand leaders [...]
HUGH JACKMAN TALKS FITNESS FOR REAL STEEL
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Acrobats, Action Stars, Actors, Australia, Boxing, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Fitness, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hugh Jackman“I don’t really enjoy training. People say it’s addictive, but I’m like, ‘not so much. If I weren’t getting paid or didn’t have a character like Wolverine to maintain, I would just be a tall, lean, fit guy.”–Hugh Jackman talks fitness and training while filming Real Steel and promoting his new film, Butter. Real Steel [...]
TAYLOR JANE AND LOUIS DAVIS IN AUCKLAND THE SUPER CITY
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland City, Louis Davis II, Taylor Jane, Te Ora Hou, Te Tai TokerauSighted: Taylor Jane and Louis Henry Davis II in Auckland The Super City with the Poupouare whanau. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
WORLD WAR Z SEES BRAD PITT FILMING IN SURREY, UK
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Brad Pitt, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, UKFilming his new movie World War Z, Brad Pitt heads home the safest way to avoid road rage, Wednesday, traveling to Surrey, England via helicopter. [Photo credit Exposure] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.9.11~
I always thought spying was overrated. It just increases paranoia and feeds into that whole mistrust narrative, undermining society and solid international relations. IT and computer systems via the worldwide web, are becoming shockers for spying on average citizens. Data collection being onsold, is a big business needing monitoring. Anyway, in Wall Street Journal News [...]
AUDIO CAR STEREO MUSIC PICKS FOR ROAD RAGE – TAU HENARE’S A FAN OF CECELIA :)
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Cecelia Holiday, Humor, PoliticsIn What’s On Your Car Stereo News: Did you hear the one about the Maori driving in a red Audi, listening to the song Cecelia? I hear he had “Absolutely shockingly” good tastes in music while driving on the holiday highways to Wellington. :) Read here if interested. Since when did people do Ask Your Aunty [...]
MIKE EDMONDS, MY FAVORITE MAORI-FIJIAN KIWI SAYS BULLA!
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Brother Love, Fiji, Fonterra, Leadership, Maori, New Zealand, Ngapuhi, Rugby, Spirit, Youth WorkersWhen it comes to Maori-Fijians in The South Pacific, you can’t really have favorites. They are awesome people. Here’s Mike Edmonds – a Kiwi whose Maori-Fijian, that we love! A fine rugby football player, Mike is a pioneering youth worker of Te Ora Hou Aotearoa Northland as well as doubling as working for corporate farming [...]
MAUNGAWHAU RESOUNDS WITH THE WEHI ENERGY OF A HAKA FLASH MOB
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Composers, Culture, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, haka, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Television Service, Junior Tana, King Tuheitia Paki, Korotangi Paki, Leadership, Maori, Maori Television Service - Hollywood, Maori Volcanics, Maui Potiki, New Zealand, Ngapo Wehi, Public Demonstrations News, South Pacific, South Pacific Television Hollywood, Star System - The Art of Aotearoa New Zealand Celebrity, Super heroes, Superpowers discourse and direction, Tapeta Wehi, Waiariki Parata-Taiapa, WairuaNew Zealand’s favorite news story today, has to got to be the resounding haka sounds of a flash mob of Maoris on Auckland’s high point overlooking a city that’s becoming increasingly an energy hub of fun and cultural vibrancy of the South Pacific. Maori people are leading figures in this South Pacific global revolution of a [...]
NEW ZEALAND GIVES SOLOMON ISLANDS $25 MILLION SUPPORT
Posted: September 7, 2011 in Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, New Zealand, Peter Shanel Agovaka, Polynesian, Solomon Islands, South Pacific[Photo - Canoes with supplies, Solomon Islands - courtesy of GlassBox-Design.Com] According to Murray McCully‘s website: “Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Peter Shanel Agovaka have today signed a Joint Commitment for Development which sets out New Zealand support for sustainable economic development in the Solomon Islands. The agreement also clearly sets [...]
NZ & AUS MAKE $270 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO PACIFIC ISLAND CHILDREN’S EDUCATION – NUMERACY, LITERACY & EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IT
Posted: September 7, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Children, Cook Islands, Education, IT, John Key, Julia Gillard, Murray McCully, New Zealand, South PacificHere’s a story that brings a smile to everyone in the South Pacific. Investing in young people ensures a strong future and is never an investment wasted. I love this story. Go Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand – a South Pacific tribe of big hearted people looking for a whoppingly big smart ROI on this [...]
BAN KI-MOON ON CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING THE SOUTH PACIFIC, GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Posted: September 7, 2011 in Ban ki-moon, Climate Change, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Helen Clark, Superpowers discourse and directionThought for today. In superpowers pursuit for oil reserves, if we melt icebergs containing oil and gas deposits, with chemicals to free these resources, will that result in global water levels rising? Will at risk Island dwelling people have to be relocated to higher ground? The UN’s Ban Ki-Moon is New Zealand, talking about the [...]
NEW ZEALAND’S NEW COPYRIGHT LAWS – SEE A NEW TREND SHIFT IN INTERNET USAGE AND DOWNLOADED CONTENT
Posted: September 7, 2011 in ITIf you read the news in New Zealand (many people don’t), you would have learned this week that Kiwis are charged three times more for many apps they want (music iTunes downloaded music too), then if they were in America downloading the same content. I don’t think that’s fair. Sometimes, I get my news from Church [...]
DROUGHTLAND TRAGEDY – TEXAS FORREST FIRES ARE DEFINED AS “SURREAL”
Posted: September 7, 2011 in Rick Perry, Texas, TragediesThe global snapshot of news from America while viewing from New Zealand, has been a bit glib lately, due to staving off environmental devastation from tropical storm damage, and further tropical storm threats, as well as flooding damage and now forest fires too. Here’s a story about that by Guy Adams of The Independent: “More than [...]
HOT BLOG NEWS – NELSON MANDELA’S PRESS TEAM TALK APARTHEID REMINDERS
Posted: September 7, 2011 in Apartheid, Nelson MandelaRating well in New Zealand today, is this blog post – NELSON MANDELA’S PRESS TEAM TALK APARTHEID REMINDERS.
ARIA DIVA’S HAYLEY WESTERNRA’S RUGBY WORLD CUP SONG 2011
Posted: September 6, 2011 in Hayley Westernra, Rugby World CupSongstres Hayley Westernra ‘s version of her Rugby World Cup opening number shows Hayley’s trademark golden Kiwi vocals her fans love. To hear, click on Hayley’s pic for her version of World In Union song. Cute. What a gloden and beautiful voice! Peace! [Photo Source - Scoop: Hayley Westera (far right) appears with Kiwi songstress [...]
A PREGNANT BEYONCE AND JAY-Z CHILL IN VENICE
Posted: September 6, 2011 in Beyonce Knowles, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Jay-Z, Pregnancy News, VeniceAccording to website, Media Take Out, a pregnant Beyonce and Jay-Z are photographed chilling in Venice. What’s exciting about Media Take Out, is that Rugby World Cup 2011, runs above Beyonce’s pregnancy pic. Great advertising placement. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 6.9.11~
